State the main points of the article.  Discuss how they are related to the local Saudi virtual management styles and procedures. 

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ASSIGNMENT

In this assignment you need to do the following

  1. Select an article from the Saudi Digital Library related to the course content
    • You can refer to the course syllabus for help.
  2. Read the article and understand the key points
  3. Write a summary of the article (250-300 words)
    • Use your own words. Do not copy and paste from the article.
    • Your summary must be a stand-alone piece of work
    • Be clear and up to the point.
    • State the main points of the article.
    • Discuss how they are related to the local Saudi virtual management styles and procedures.
  4. Upload it to the assignment link on Black Board
    • Use this template
    • It should be done during week 3

 

Distinguish service quality from product quality based on its distinct measurement. Explain how mistake-proofing and the supply chain are integrated with quality management planning.

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Managing Quality

Explain quality, from a customer perspective.

LO8.2 Characterize product quality based on four dimensions.

LO8.3 Distinguish service quality from product quality based on its distinct measurement.

LO8.4 Apply the quality cycle to a product or service.

LO8.5 Explain how mistake-proofing and the supply chain are integrated with quality management planning.

LO8.6 Attribute how cost of quality is related to financial performance.

LO8.7 Recall the two key quality pioneers and their main ideas.

LO8.8 Compare and contrast ISO 9000 standards and the Baldrige Award criteria.

LO8.9 Articulate some key barriers to successful quality improvement efforts

 

Visit a repetitive manufacturing facility in your area. What are the major causes of inventory? Be sure to ask about lot sizes and setup times. Would a lean production system work in this facility? Why or why not?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

  1. Visit a repetitive manufacturing facility in your area. What are the major causes of inventory? Be sure to ask about lot sizes and setup times. Would a lean production system work in this facility? Why or why not?
  2. Define repetitive manufacturing and compare it with job shop or batch manufacturing.
  3. Why did the concepts, principles, and techniques of lean emerge and evolve in Japan, not in the Western countries?
  4. State the lean tenets in your own words.
  5. Why is a stable master schedule desirable for a lean production system? What is the effect if it is not stable?
  6. How can lot sizes and inventories be reduced in a lean production system? Discuss specific approaches.
  7. Describe typical supplier relations before and after embracing lean tenets.
  8. How do workers and managers in a lean production system differ from their counterparts in traditional non lean environments?
  9. Discuss how lean thinking can lead to a reduction of costs (material, labor, overhead), other than inventory. Be specific.
  10. Are there repetitive manufacturing firms that should not use lean? Why?
  11. Find an example from the Internet of the application of lean thinking to a service operation. Describe how the lean tenets are applied in this setting.
  12. How can lean thinking be applied to accounting, finance, human resources, and marketing processes?

Identify some of the seven forms of waste in the following situations.

  • Restaurant
  • Doctor’s office

Construct a value stream map for the following processes.

  • Cafeteria
  • Grocery store

What does it mean to say that a supply chain can be too lean? Give examples why this may be a problem

 

Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you define each type of pay plan and explain the similarities and differences between them.

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PowerPoint presentation

Imagine that you are the human resources (HR) manager at a manufacturing company. The company you work for is trying to determine whether it can make the switch from using a merit-based pay plan to an incentive-based pay plan. As the HR manager, it is your responsibility to explain each pay plan to your company’s board of directors and voice an opinion about whether the company could successfully make the switch. In addition, you must explain your choice.

Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you define each type of pay plan and explain the similarities and differences between them. Also, you will express an opinion about which pay plan would work best and why you feel this way. In your introduction slide, include a fictional name, company size, and what the company manufactures.

Your presentation should consist of no less than 10 slides, not counting the title slide and reference slide(s). You are required to enchance the presentation by adding speaker notes to explain the information on each slide. Any references used, including your textbook, should be cited and referenced using APA formatting.

 

Compare the three strategies for new-product introduction. Describe the three phases of new-product development.  Evaluate how concurrent engineering deals with misalignment.

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New-product development

New-product development is a crucial part of business. New products provide growth opportunities and a competitive advantage for a firm. Increasingly, there is a challenge to introduce new products more quickly without sacrificing quality. For example, the world’s automobile makers can now introduce a new car design in two years, whereas it used to take four years. Personal computers have a very short product life cycle, sometimes less than a year.New-product design greatly affects operations by specifying the products that will be made;it is a prerequisite for production to occur. At the same time, existing processes and products can constrain the technology available for new products. Thus, new products must be defined with not only the market in mind but also the production process that will be used to make a product. Product design follows from the development of a business strategy. The business strategy will include a value proposition that defines the target market, the differentiation of your product, and why the customer should buy from you. This is the starting point for designing a new product. These new-product designs should reflect the business strategy. See the Operations Leader box on the Ford Motor Company for linkages between strategy and new-product development.

  • Compare the three strategies for new-product introduction.
  • Describe the three phases of new-product development.
  •  Evaluate how concurrent engineering deals with misalignment.
  •  Describe the criteria that should be used for supplier selection.
  • Evaluate an example of Quality Function Deployment.
  • Explain the benefits of modular design.

 

How would you determine whether a company has an operations and supply chain strategy? What specific questions would you ask, and what information would you gather?

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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS

What are the reasons for formulating and implementing an operations and supply chain strategy?

Describe a possible operations mission that fits the following business situations:

  • Ambulance service.
  • Production of hybrid automobile batteries.
  • Production of electronics products that have a short product life cycle.

An operations manager was heard complaining, “The boss never listens to me—all the boss wants from me is to avoid making waves. I rarely get any capital to improve operations.”

Does the business have an operations strategy?

What should be done about the situation?

Define the following terms in your own words: operations mission, order winner, order qualifier, and distinctive competence.

How would you determine whether a company has an operations and supply chain strategy? What specific questions would you ask, and what information would you gather?

Evaluate a couple of local hospitals in terms of itsemphasis on the four operations objectives: cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility. Are all departments focused on the same objectives? What are the orderwinners and the order qualifiers?

Define some of the strategic decisions that might berequired in a grocery store’s operation and its supply chain depending on whether the strategy was emphasizing imitation or innovation.

Find examples of operations and supply chain strategies. Write a few paragraphs describing the strategies being pursued.

Describe an operation where higher quality will cost more. What is your definition of quality? Why does higher quality cost more? If you use a different definition of quality, will higher quality cost less?

What is the distinctive competence of the following companies?

  • Starbucks Coffee Company
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Burger King

Explain how a distinctive competence in operations can be the basis for competition in the company.

Give two examples of a distinctive competence that can be sustained and not easily duplicated. Explain why it is hard to copy these distinctive competencies.

Give an example of a global business with which you are familiar. How has globalization affected its operations and its supply chain?

What are the practical consequences of a lack of strategic linkage between the business and the operations function

 

 

Describe the five main decisions made by operations and supply chain managers. Explain the nature of cross-functional decision making with operations.

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Operations management.

1.Define operations management.

2 Describe the five main decisions made by operations and supply chain managers.

3 Explain the nature of cross-functional decision making with operations.

4 Define typical inputs and outputs of an operations transformation system.

5 Identify contemporary challenges facing operations and supply chain managers.

 

Identify and evaluate the significant trade agreements affecting global commerce. Identify the major components of international business management.

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International business management

  1. Identify and evaluate the significant trade agreements affecting global commerce. (Lo 1.1)
  2. Identify the major components of international business management. (Lo 2.4)
  3. Analyze the effects of culture, politics and economic systems in the context of international business. (Lo 2.1)
  4. Explain the forces driving and evaluating the impact of globalization. (Lo 1.3)
  5. Carryout effective self-evaluation through discussing economic systems in the international business context. (Lo 3.1)

 

What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month? What skills did you learn through the month? How many meetings did you attend?

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PERIODIC REPORT(1)

(Report Components)

  • What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month?
  • What skills did you learn through the month?
  • How many meetings did you attend?
  • What are the difficulties you had this month?
  • How did you overcome these difficulties?
  • What did you learn from completing the tasks
  • What did you want to learn more?

*Note:

  1. This report is a summary of the training activities performed.
  2. You may attach additional pages if needed. And student can attach any extra note to this form.

 

 

Describe the differences between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. List the components of the strategic management process.

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What Human Resource challenges do the organizations face today?

  • Describe the differences between strategy formulation and strategy implementation.
  • List the components of the strategic management process.
  • Discuss the role of the HRM function in strategy formulation.
  • Describe the linkages between HRM and strategy formulation
  • Discuss the more popular typologies of generic strategies and the various HRM practices associated with each.
  • Describe the different HRM issues and practices associated with various directional strategies.